Deuteronomy 6:2:1Deut.6.2.W1PAT
לְמַעַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ahn
- IPA
- /ləˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- so that
- French
- afin que
- Spanish
- para que
- Portuguese
- para que
- German
- damit
- Russian
- чтобы
- Arabic-Simplified
- لكي
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为要
- Korean
- 하여
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যাতে
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲ
- Yoruba
- kí
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- sɛdeɛ
- Ewe
- ale be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MA-an
- clause
le-MA-an ti-RA et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
le-MA-an ti-RA et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lish-MOR et-KOL-khuk-ko-TA-v u-mits-vo-TA-v a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA a-TA u-vin-KHA u-VEN-bin-KHA KOL-ye-MEI khai-YE-cha u-le-MA-an ya-a-ri-KUN ya-ME-cha
In context — Deuteronomy 6:2
so that fear LORD your God keep all his statutes and his commandments which I command you and your son and your son's son all the days of your life and so that be prolonged your days
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 6:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 6:2, so the Hebrew word לְמַעַן (lemaan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.6.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.6.2.W1.S1) and character.